Comin' At Ya!

Comin' At Ya! (1981)
Dir. Ferdinando Baldi
Staring Tony Anthony, Gene Quintano, Victoria Abil, Ricardo Palacios

When a man's wife is taken from him on his wedding day, he goes after the brothers that kidnapped her. IN 3-D!!!!

Day of Anger

Day of Anger (I Giorna Dell'ira)  (1967)
Dir: Tonino Valerii
Staring Lee Van Cleef, Giuliano Gemma

When aging gunfighter Frank Talby (Van Cleef) comes to the town of Clifton, Scott Mary (Gemma) uses his arrival as an opportunity to change his life, learning how to be a gunfighter. As he accompanies Talby he starts to question Talby's true intentions.

A Noose for Django

A Noose for Django (1969) AKA A Hanging for Django, No Room to Die, and Una Lunga Fila di Croci (A Long Row of Crosses)
Dir: Sergio Garrone
Staring Anthony Steffen, William Berger, Riccardo Garrone

A pair of bounty hunters (Steffen and Berger) team up to stop a businessman (Riccardo Garrone) smuggling Mexicans across the border as a slaves.

Kid Vengeance

Kid Vengeance AKA Vengeance, Vendetta (1977)
Dir: Joe Manduke
Starring Lee Van Cleef, Jim Brown, Leif Garrett

After witnessing his parents being murdered by an outlaw (Van Cleef), Tom Thurston (Garrett) teams with a prospector (Brown) to get revenge.

VIva! Django

Viva! Django (1971) AKA W Django, A Man Called Django
Dir. Edoardo Mulargia (as Edward Miller)
Cast: Anthony Steffen, Stelio Candelli, Glauco Onorato

Django (Steffen) is hunting for the men that murdered his wife, and teams up with a horse thief that knows who is responsible.

The Christmas Kid review

The Christmas Kid AKA Joe Navidad (1967)

Dir. Sidney W. Pink

Starring: Jeffrey Hunter, Louis Hayward, Perla Cristal, Jack Taylor

On a Christmas Day, a baby is born in an old Pony Express shelter. After his mother dies during childbirth, he is raised by a resentful father and the 3 caring men that discovered him after birth, only to have to have to deal with corruption and evil as an adult.

Face to Face review

Face to Face AKA Faccia a Faccia (1967)

Dir. Sergio Sollima

Starring: Tomas Milian, Gian Maria Volonte, William Berger

Professor Brad Fletcher (Volonte) retires to the west due to health problems, and inadvertently joins the gang of outlaw Solomon Bennett (Milian), and quickly adapts to the harsh ways of the west while Bennett begins to change his ways.

My Name is Shanghai Joe Review

My Name is Shanghai Joe AKA The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe, To Kill or to Die and The Dragon Strikes Back (1973)

Dir. Mario Caiano

Starring: Chen Lee*, Klaus Kinski

A Chinese immigrant travels to Texas to find some work, but gets involved in a fight to save some smugglers involved in a Mexican slave ring.

4 Dollars of Revenge review

4 Dollars of Revenge AKA 4 Dollars of Vengeance (1966)

Dir. Jaime Jesús Balcázar

Starring: Robert Woods, Diana Ghia,

While escorting a fortune in confederate gold, Capt. Roy Dexter and his men are attacking in an ambused and only he is left alive. After being framed for the attack, he escapes prison and begins to seek justice from the people that set him up.

Sukiyaki Western Django review

Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)
Dir. Takashi Miike
Staring: Hideaki Ito, Kōichi Satō, Yusuke Iseya, Takaaki Ishibashi

A gunman (Ito) gets drawn into a war between two gangs, the red dressed Heike and the white dressed Genji, who are at war over the town of Yuta, Nevada, in this Japanese homage to the classic spaghetti westerns.

Django the Bastard Review

Django the Bastard (1969) (AKA The Strangers Gundown)

Dir. Sergio Garrone

Starring: Anthony Steffen

A mysterious stranger arrives in town wanting revenge on a group of men. He begins by placing a cross with a man’s name and that day’s day written on it, and slowly begins working his way through his list. But is this a man or an avenging angel?

Django Kill, if You Live, Shoot!

Django Kill, if You Live, Shoot! (1967) (AKA Django Kill and Oro Hondo)

Dir. Giulio Questi

Starring: Tomas Milian

Tomas Milan stars as a bandit that is betrayed and left for dead following an ambush of a gold transport. Armed with some gold bullets he sets off for revenge but ends up involved in a power struggle between several gangs over the stolen gold.

Django (1966) Review

Django (1966)

Dir. Sergio Corbucci

Starring: Franco Nero

A man dragging a coffin walks into town with a score to settle.

This month Western Wednesday is going to be looking at some of the films that feature the character Django, so why not start with the first one?

Once Upon a Time in the West Review

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

Dir. Sergio Leone

Starring: Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson

A land dispute over an area called Sweetwater sets the stage for conflict between Harmonica (Bronson), a man out for revenge against Frank (Fonda), the hired gun tasked to run off the Sweetwaters owners the McBains. Even though Frank was instructed only to scare the McBains, he brutally killed them all, because as he says “People scare better when they’re dying.”, then framed the bandit Cheyenne (Robards) for the murders. The railroad’s plans to take ownership of the land are stopped by the arrival of McBain’s new wife Jill (Cardinale). After Harmonica gets involved due to his interest in Frank, he discovers something: McBain was smart and claimed a section of land with the only source of water for miles, the land would have made him rich. These factors combine to set the stage for an epic confrontation  in the waning days of the old west.

Keoma Review

Keoma (AKA Django Rides Again, The Violent Breed) (1976)

Dir. Enzo G.Castellar

Starring: Franco Nero, Woody Strode, Olgo Karlotos.

The Grand Duel (1972) Review

The Grand Duel (AKA The Big Showdown, Storm Riders) (1972)

Dir. Giancarlo Santi

Starring: Lee Van Cleef